Petitions by Federal Institution
Environment Canada [up to 2015]
- No. 388
- Protection of the Central Experimental Farm as a research facility and a national historic site of Canada
- No. 380
- Critical infrastructure and atmospheric security—Impacts of climate change
- No. 379
- Implementation of a federal compliance strategy for transboundary waste regulations
- No. 376
- Climate change adaptation for national parks
- No. 374
- Federal actions on climate change adaptation in Canada’s North
- No. 373
- Environmental concerns over oil leaking from a sunken cargo ship in Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland
- No. 372
- Federal responsibilities toward cancer prevention from risks associated with environmental carcinogens
- No. 371
- Environmental risks of hazardous goods transported by rail
- No. 370
- Risks of releasing coal and coal dust into the environment during transport
- No. 369
- Harmonizing Canadian transboundary waste regulations with international agreements
- No. 368
- Use of published emissions factors by facilities in National Pollutant Release Inventory
- No. 367
- Federal management of Western Atlantic bluefin tuna
- No. 366
- Monitoring of Human Health in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta
- No. 363
- Federal government review of European Union decisions to ban substances for health and environmental reasons, in accordance with section 75(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- No. 362
- Federal role and action in response to the Obed Mountain Mine coal slurry spill into the Athabasca River watershed
- No. 360
- Interpreting and applying the 2012 changes to the habitat-protection provisions of the Fisheries Act
- No. 358
- Federal government response to the 2012 Cohen Commission report into the decline of Fraser River salmon and concerns about funding for salmon stock monitoring and assessment
- No. 356
- Cost-benefit analysis of offshore oil and gas development in Newfoundland and Labrador
- No. 352
- Risk assessment for the production of genetically engineered salmon eggs
- No. 349
- Applying the precautionary principle in relation to a number of Canada’s international environmental commitments
- No. 308
- Federal government responsibilities for shale gas extraction in Quebec
- No. 305
- Accountability for labelling of genetically modified organisms
- No. 304
- Federal regulation of Canadian mining companies operating in Canada and abroad
- No. 301B
- Follow-up petition on the alleged misinterpretation of exclusion list conditions under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act related to the construction of a communications tower in Pontiac, Quebec
- No. 301
- Alleged misinterpretation of exclusion list conditions under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act related to the construction of a communications tower in Pontiac, Quebec
- No. 300
- The environmental impact of salmon aquaculture in Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick
- No. 299C
- Follow up petition on the regulation and approval of fluoridation products added to drinking water
- No. 298
- A proposed hybrid wind/hydro-power development in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
- No. 296
- The potential health and environmental impact of using sewage sludge on agricultural land
- No. 295
- The potential health and environmental impact of pesticides on apples and other food crops
- No. 294
- The health impact of chemicals and pollutants that are released into the environment
- No. 293
- Implementation status of the marine protected areas aspects of the federal government’s health of the oceans initiatives
- No. 291
- The Government of Canada’s vision and measures for reducing atmospheric carbon emissions
- No. 288
- Concerns about actions taken against a doctor for statements made about cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta
- No. 287
- Potential environmental and public health impact of a federally funded municipal sewage project in L’Isle-Verte, Quebec
- No. 286
- Concerns about the potential environmental impacts of the Nanaimo airport expansion on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- No. 284
- Control of toxic substances in tobacco products
- No. 283
- Concerns about the regulation of the herbicide atrazine and its potential impact on amphibian populations
- No. 282
- Concerns about harmonization and enforcement of Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 regulations governing transboundary movement of hazardous wastes
- No. 281
- Federal role in ensuring the Government of Ontario’s protection of fish habitat and water quality affected by mining exploration
- No. 280
- Concerns about Canada’s export of chrysotile asbestos and the delayed release of a report about its potential health impacts
- No. 279
- Policies and actions regarding after-hours lighting of federal government office buildings
- No. 278
- Concerns about the Mackenzie Gas Project Joint Review Panel’s funding and contractual arrangements
- No. 277
- Impact on marine life and habitat from garbage compactor truck leachate draining into sewers and waterways
- No. 275
- Progress toward meeting drinking water quality standards on Indian reserves
- No. 274
- Request for federal action to protect Canadians from vapour intrusion of CEPA Schedule 1 toxic substances into residences
- No. 273
- Creating buffer zones around national parks to protect Rocky Mountain wolf populations
- No. 272
- Incident reporting related to a fire at a pesticide manufacturer
- No. 269
- Environmental concerns related to proposed expansion of the Marmot Basin Ski Area in Jasper National Park, Alberta
- No. 268
- Request to withdraw the registration of neurotoxic pesticides in Canada
- No. 265
- Hunting safety in the Cacouna Marsh
- No. 263
- Status of recommendations in joint panel reviews of oil sands
- No. 262
- Bioaccumulation assessment criteria related to the regulation of fire-retardant chemicals
- No. 261
- Public participation process related to the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens Remediation Project
- No. 259
- Health concerns related to the construction of a high-voltage power line in Tsawwassen, British Columbia
- No. 258
- Alleged pumping of water contaminated with mercury from a brownfield development into a sewer system near Lake Ontario
- No. 257
- Potential environmental and health impacts of soil contaminated with heavy metal and deposited in a landfill near Lake Erie
- No. 256
- Policies and regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- No. 254
- Environmental and human health effects of compact fluorescent light bulbs
- No. 252
- Environmental health issues related to a hydroelectric transmission project in Tsawwassen, British Columbia
- No. 251
- Federal policy related to potential bulk freshwater exports
- No. 249
- Potential environmental impact of the Devils Lake outlet project on Canadian waters
- No. 248
- Environmental impact of toxic chemicals leaking into Lake Ontario
- No. 246
- Potential environmental impacts of a proposed housing development project in Mission, British Columbia
- No. 245
- Impact of fluorosilicate compounds on lead levels in drinking water and on water distribution infrastructure
- No. 242
- Use of road salt at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics Cypress Bowl venue
- No. 241
- Mercury waste from compact fluorescent lightbulbs entering the environment
- No. 240C
- Follow-up petition on environmental concerns regarding the Cacouna marsh
- No. 240B
- Follow-up petition on environmental concerns regarding the Cacouna Marsh
- No. 240
- Environmental concerns regarding the Cacouna Marsh
- No. 238
- Water and sediment contamination of the Athabasca River due to oilsands production
- No. 237
- Low level radioactive waste cleanup project in Port Hope, Ontario
- No. 236
- Nuclear-related environmental health concerns in Port Hope, Ontario
- No. 234
- Radioactive contamination in Port Hope, Ontario
- No. 232
- Radioactive Waste Cleanup in Port Hope, Ontario
- No. 231
- Barrel burning
- No. 230
- Impact of cellular phone transmitters on human health
- No. 229
- Installation of cellular towers in Simcoe, Ontario
- No. 228
- The federal government’s alleged failure to inspect coal-fired power plants for mercury emissions
- No. 227
- Use of letters of advice and operational statements by Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Impact on the environmental assessment process
- No. 226
- Canada’s use and export of chrysotile asbestos
- No. 225
- Protecting Cat Stream and Jingle Pot Marsh in Nanaimo, British Columbia
- No. 224
- Science underlying the Kyoto Protocol and Canada’s action plan on global warming
- No. 222
- Subsidies to the oil and gas industry and federal initiatives for greenhouse gas emission reductions
- No. 221D
- Follow-up petition on health and environmental concerns regarding fluoridation of drinking water
- No. 221B
- Follow-up petition on health and environmental concerns regarding fluoride in drinking water
- No. 221
- Health and environmental concerns regarding the fluoridation of drinking water
- No. 219B
- Environmental impact of the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations on fish habitats
- No. 219
- Environmental impact of federal Metal Mining Effluent Regulations
- No. 218B
- Follow-up petition on a contaminated site in New Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
- No. 218
- Contaminated site in New Harbour, Newfoundland
- No. 217
- Environmental contamination at a First Nations reserve in Manitoba
- No. 216
- Request for an environmental assessment of a niobium mine project in Oka, Québec
- No. 215
- Impact of oil sands development in Alberta
- No. 214
- Impact of herbicides on fish and fish habitats in northern Ontario
- No. 213
- Environmental assessment of the Wuskwatim hydro project in Manitoba
- No. 212B
- Follow-up petition on airport expansion in Dorval, Quebec
- No. 212
- Airport expansion in Dorval, Quebec
- No. 211
- Effects of hydro power lines on human health in Newfoundland
- No. 210
- Landfill expansion in Powell River, British Columbia
- No. 209
- Impacts of road construction at an Ontario lake
- No. 208
- Impacts of cellular phone towers and antennas
- No. 207
- Federal enforcement of environmental laws in the Northwest Territories
- No. 206
- Scrap-metal storage activities in Gros-Cacouna, Québec
- No. 205
- Environmental, social and economic impacts of biofuel production in Canada
- No. 204
- Regulation of flame-retardant chemicals
- No. 203
- Hormones used in livestock production
- No. 202
- Environmental damage and remediation at former federal mine sites
- No. 201
- Environmental health research in Canada
- No. 200
- Promotion of sustainable forests through competition policy reform
- No. 199
- Environmental and health concerns at the Fort Reliance weather station
- No. 197
- Exposure to electromagnetic radiation
- No. 196
- Proposed redevelopment of Pine Point mine
- No. 195
- Storage of fuel and hazardous waste on the Hay River
- No. 194
- Harbour pollution and sewage treatment in Victoria, B.C.
- No. 193
- Revisions to the Nuclear Liability Act
- No. 192
- Environmental performance and environmental impacts of the Agricultural Policy Framework
- No. 191
- Highway 50 development through wetlands in western Quebec
- No. 190
- Environmental contamination of ecosystems from antibiotic use in livestock production
- No. 189
- Protecting Canadian drinking water
- No. 188
- The impact of resource development in Northern Alberta on First Nations
- No. 186
- Options to the practice of burning of flax straw on the Canadian prairies
- No. 185
- Environmental impacts of a waste water servicing project
- No. 184
- Determining dangerous atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration
- No. 183
- Assessing mercury health risks and federal mercury management
- No. 182
- Anthropogenic substances and the Toxic Substances Management Policy
- No. 181
- Toxic substances management in Canada
- No. 179
- Canada's policies on chrysotile asbestos exports
- No. 178
- Environmental concerns with a quarry development in Digby Neck, Nova Scotia
- No. 177B
- Follow-up petition regarding a federal environmental assessment of the Boundary Bay Airport expansion in British Columbia
- No. 177A
- Federal environmental assessment of the Boundary Bay Airport expansion in British Columbia
- No. 176
- Port development on Roberts Bank in the Fraser River Estuary, British Columbia
- No. 175
- Eliminating lead shot and fishing weights under the authority of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- No. 174
- Cellular telephone towers and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
- No. 173
- Federal Oversight of the Nuclear Industry in Canada
- No. 172
- Species Diversity and Resource Development in Alberta
- No. 171
- Federal review of new substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- No. 169
- Sustainable development plan for the Nitinat First Nations people of British Columbia
- No. 168
- Development of the Eagleridge Bluffs in British Columbia
- No. 167
- Implementation and potential improvement of the Alternative Fuels Act
- No. 166
- Canada’s commitment and support for the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
- No. 165
- Sewage runoff in a northern community
- No. 164
- Transboundary watersheds affected by northern British Columbia metal mine
- No. 163B
- Follow-up petition on the right to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment
- No. 163A
- Right to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment
- No. 162
- Gas plant contaminants, Turner Valley, Alberta
- No. 161
- Adding used motor oil to the List of Toxic Substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- No. 159
- Canada's policy on ethanol
- No. 158B
- Follow-up petition on subsidies to the oil and gas industry and on federal efforts to address climate change
- No. 158
- Subsidies to the oil and gas industry and federal efforts to address climate change
- No. 157B
- Follow-up petition on the swift fox population in Canada
- No. 157A
- Status of the swift fox population in Canada
- No. 155
- Environmental assessment process for the Hamilton Harbour and Fisherman’s Pier development project
- No. 154B
- Follow-up Petition on a motorized vessels regulation in the Columbia Wetlands, British Columbia
- No. 154A
- Motorized vessels regulation in the Columbia Wetlands, British Columbia
- No. 153C
- Follow-up petition on the port development on Roberts Bank in the Fraser River Estuary, British Columbia
- No. 153B
- Follow-up petition on the port development on Roberts Bank in the Fraser River Estuary, British Columbia
- No. 153A
- Port development on Roberts Bank in the Fraser River Estuary, British Columbia
- No. 152
- Full access to information used for decisions on genetically modified organisms
- No. 151
- Regulation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles
- No. 150
- Rapid transit project serving the Vancouver International Airport
- No. 149
- Decision not to list Cultus and Sakinaw Lake sockeye salmon under the Species at Risk Act
- No. 148A
- Protecting wild salmon from disease at fish farms
- No. 146
- Firearms contaminants in federal training facilities
- No. 145
- Business Park development in Surrey, BC
- No. 143
- Long-range plans for ski areas in Canada's Rocky Mountain parks
- No. 142
- Biodiversity and species at risk
- No. 140C
- Follow-up petition on clean up of the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens
- No. 140B
- Follow-up petition on cleanup of the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens
- No. 140A
- Cleaning up the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens
- No. 139
- Managing government contractors for sustainable service delivery
- No. 137
- Strategic environmental assessment and the Red River Floodway
- No. 133
- Cumulative environmental effects of resource development in British Columbia
- No. 132
- Ontario Mid-Canada Line radar site remediation
- No. 130
- Incentives to implement Canada's commitments under the Kyoto Protocol
- No. 128
- Clean-up of chemical contamination in Elmira, Ontario
- No. 125
- Federal regulation of genetically modified organisms
- No. 123
- Resort development near Invermere, British Columbia
- No. 122E
- Follow-up petition on a housing development near Mission, British Columbia
- No. 122D
- Silvermere housing development in Mission, British Columbia
- No. 122C
- Follow-up petition on a housing development near Mission, British Columbia
- No. 122A
- Housing development near Mission, British Columbia
- No. 121
- The Species at Risk Act
- No. 120
- Decommissioning of the Cluff Lake uranium mine in Saskatchewan
- No. 117
- Hazardous waste incinerator in Belledune, New Brunswick
- No. 115
- The grey whale, a species at risk
- No. 114
- Environmental impact assessment for a proposed road in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
- No. 113
- Environmental impact assessment of the expansion of the Peace Bridge connecting Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York
- No. 112
- Municipal wastewater discharges and pollution of the marine environment
- No. 110
- The Great Lakes Action Plan
- No. 109C
- Follow-up petition on a closed landfill in Cramahe, Ontario
- No. 109B
- Follow-up petition concerning a closed landfill in Cramahe, Ontario
- No. 109A
- Environmental and health impacts of a closed landfill in Cramahe, Ontario
- No. 108
- Human, social, and environmental impacts of genetic engineering
- No. 106B
- Follow-up petition concerning the regional road project in St. Albert, Alberta
- No. 105B
- Follow-up petition on federal environmental assessment for a regional road project in St. Albert, Alberta
- No. 103
- Development of the coal bed methane industry in Canada
- No. 102
- Proposed hazardous waste incinerator in Belledune, New Brunswick
- No. 101
- Proposal to build a natural gas generating station at Beauharnois, Québec
- No. 100B
- Follow-up petition on the Adaptive Environmental Management Plan relating to Leitrim Wetland, Ontario
- No. 100
- Proposal to develop stormwater infrastructure for a residential development near the Leitrim wetlands
- No. 099B
- Follow-up petition on trumpeter swans in Judson Lake, British Columbia
- No. 099A
- Dying trumpeter swans in Judson Lake, British Columbia
- No. 098
- The tax deductibility of environmental fines
- No. 096
- Environmental and health impacts of game farming in Canada
- No. 095B
- Follow-up petition on acid drainage and re-opening of a metal mine in northern British Columbia
- No. 095A
- Acid drainage and re-opening of metal mine in northern British Columbia
- No. 094
- Biotechnology and Pharming Crops
- No. 093
- New Substances Notification Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- No. 092B
- Follow-up actions arising from the federal environmental assessment and approval of the Oldman River Dam project
- No. 091
- Environmental problems at the Buffalo Point Reserve in Manitoba
- No. 089
- Possible lead contamination in properties slated for redevelopment
- No. 088
- Genetically-engineered wheat and the future of Canadian agriculture
- No. 086
- Commercial tourist operation in Jasper National Park
- No. 085
- Genetically engineered crops and products—trade and other international concerns
- No. 084
- Effects of genetically engineered crops on soil health
- No. 083
- Air pollution at the Canada-U.S. border
- No. 082D
- Follow-up petition on the Red Hill Valley Expressway in Hamilton, Ontario
- No. 082B
- Federal environmental assessment for pipeline relocation for the Red Hill Creek Valley expressway project in Hamilton, Ontario
- No. 081
- Fixed link bridge to the Toronto City Centre Airport, Toronto Islands
- No. 079
- Air quality and health concerns in Windsor, Ontario
- No. 075
- Boat mooring development in wetlands along the Trent-Severn Waterway
- No. 074
- Ecological integrity of the Great Lakes
- No. 072
- Preserving wetlands in the greater Montreal area
- No. 069
- Wind energy project in Prince Edward Island
- No. 068
- Pesticide spray program in Prince Albert National Park
- No. 067
- Implementation of Rio Declaration principles for Indigenous people
- No. 066
- Car-assembly plants and the Kyoto Protocol
- No. 065
- Federal government funding of hydrogen fuel cell research to combat climate change
- No. 064
- Strategic environmental assessment of federal policies, plans and programs
- No. 063
- Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol
- No. 062
- Toxic waste transportation and disposal in Quebec
- No. 061
- Species at Risk Act
- No. 059
- Proposed redevelopment of the Oshawa Marina
- No. 058
- Renewable energy production and conventional energy subsidies
- No. 057
- Coal tar contamination near Randle Reef, Hamilton Harbour
- No. 056B
- Follow-up petition on aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes
- No. 056A
- Invasive aquatic species in the Great Lakes
- No. 055
- Regulation of air pollution in Canada
- No. 052
- First Nations participation in climate change strategies
- No. 050B
- Follow-up petition concerning military dumpsites off the Atlantic coast
- No. 050A
- Military dumpsites off Canada's Atlantic coast
- No. 049
- Protecting fish habitat—Forestry practices in British Columbia
- No. 048
- Environmental impacts of proposed power generating station
- No. 046
- Environmental impacts of intensive livestock operations, southern Manitoba
- No. 040
- Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases
- No. 039
- Environmental impacts of intensive hog operations, New Brunswick
- No. 038B
- Follow-up petition on genetically engineered fish
- No. 037
- Large intensive livestock operations in the Lake Huron region—Watershed impacts
- No. 036
- Transboundary air pollution and obligations under the Canada—U.S. Air Quality Accord
- No. 035
- Request for an environmental assessment for the Black-Farewell wetland complex, Ontario
- No. 034B
- Genetically modified organisms—Follow-up petition on Canada's response to the Starlink corn controversy
- No. 034A
- Genetically modified organisms—Canada's response to the Starlink corn controversy
- No. 032
- Fuel additive MMT
- No. 031
- Highway extension through Gatineau Park, National Capital Region
- No. 030
- Hull Casino golf course development in an urban conservation park
- No. 029
- Encouraging greater use of urban transit by federal public servants
- No. 028
- Environmental assessment for a proposed mussel farm
- No. 027E
- Follow-up petition concerning the decommissioning of a mainline through Algonquin Park
- No. 027C
- Railway decommissioning in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario
- No. 027A
- Railway decommissioning in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario
- No. 026
- Protecting migratory birds
- No. 025
- Regulating toxic substances and protecting drinking water
- No. 023
- Federal laws, regulations, and policies on genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
- No. 019
- Enforcement of federal environmental regulations—Pulp mill discharges
- No. 010
- Federal/provincial harmonization accord
- No. 008
- Protecting Canadians from the effects of ozone depletion